John Landis

Fall Arts 2011 Calendar

Halloween DVD Roundup: Looking for Horror in the 1980s

Michael Jackson's Movie From the Grave

​Will his recent death help Michael Jackson's This Is It? The movie opens today at the Meridian and other theaters. It was intentionally screened too late for press deadlines, so here's Zach Baron's quick, same-day take: Less documentary than closely and manipulatively edited homage to the ne ... More >>

Tarantino Explains Basterds

​SW contributing writer and critic Ella Taylor sat down with the director of Inglourious Basterds (review) in Los Angeles, where she and Quentin Tarantino both live. Here's her long-form interview: Seventeen years ago, when Reservoir Dogs was setting American cinema on fire, Quentin Tarantino ... More >>

Fresh Film Reviews

​Ari Gold is back, meaning Jeremy Piven as Jeremy Piven in the curiously named The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, which opens today at the Meridian, Varisity, and other theaters. Vadim Rizov delivers his verdict: Making headline writers' lives everywhere easier: The Goods doesn't deliver. Don R ... More >>

March 22-29, 2006

Local film events and specialty venues.

March 15-22, 2006

This week's specialty screenings and venues.

Videodrome

Criterion Collection, $39.95

Even Closer Up

Documentary fest favors the subjective, the immediate, and the personal.